Our BT suffers quite badly on hot days. We have 30C forecast today (that’s 86F for our ex-colonials still living in the 19th century). Mrs Backwoodsperson took him out for an hour and a quarter through our local woods at 6am, when it was 17C (63F), and that’s it for today. His cool-mat is already down for him by an open door on the north side of the house, his water-bowl is refreshed, and his cool-coat is ready to be deployed.

I saw a very good post on FarceBook yesterday, which said something along the lines of, “If it’s too hot for you to walk barefoot on pavements, whilst wearing a fur coat, it’s also too hot for your dog to do it”. Hear hear!